The Cecil Whig., 1887-12-31

hung about the women nuch," Trevor
admitted
did he have lct-down any time,
do you think" Arlington persisted.
ga let down-n0! Tne women were
always too jolly eager to have him at
ny price. Lord, I've Seen hundreds
of women try for Amyatt-hunGreGs OF
en-
"That's just II" put in Arlington,
eagerly. They all h1--but they Just
have to try. It's queer, for Amyatt's a
handsome chap, and as rich as a Jew"
"Ca''t say, I'm Srre Just bow hc'-
SO taken up with IN. novel writing, and
every spare minute seems to 60 to
that"
but ally did he take up novel
writing !" cried the lad.
Faith, and | can't say" Trevor
laughed. "Bu his love maklng's mighty
pretty Tor woman hater, don't you
think ?"
Mean'ime, the object of all this
thought was in the sitting room OF his
comfortable quarters overlooking the
green, which occupied part of the bar
rack square. 1t was a pretty room.
with walls Of dark olive green, relieved
only by four or five pictures ia plain
gilt frames. all of them originals of the
Illustrations Of the story which had
made his narae famouS-no, not his
name, but that by which ne chose to
be known to the world.
For Major Amystt did not write IN
der his own name, preferring for many
reasons TO be known as g Ohm Dawes"
the chletest OF which was that as be-
ginner he had scarcely dared to con
template the possibility of other than
failure, and he had no wish to appear
before the regiment in the light of a
non success. SO, although for some
time his ptima.es had known him as
| the popular author who stood second
10 none as a faithful delin Gator of armv
men and manners, to the world at large
he was still John Dawes, and but few
knew that the name was not his own.
\ handsome man this Major Amyatt.
and )ookino =, him ,s ~. sat =, The
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Arlington CURIOSITY concerning Dis past
life. 1t would be hard to say positively
that any trac. of dlsapnoinrmrnt-
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III 'he S'eauy gray eyes that were as
cool and clear and undlsturbed as the
ewes of lad of sixteen.
II. had frank and ..,dsr so,n.
..,. 49,,
'0'' anu i'e vas '"i''i'is ''0' o|''
letter winch Iav open upon the table
before him, letter which had been
forwarded b, his publishers, through
whom 1t had been seat, letter written
IN Cicar, INFORMED chllu'S hand OF
paper which had been rolled with pen
! Gil hncs.
My dear Mr., John Dawes, 1t said,
/ ndVe fe@h all your BOOKS, ana IKE
"''C'I' AU'' Wv
| ;:.,,rd Kin, 4, hoo. ,o,, -on,t
and marry her to an, one else, because
am very, very tond "t hun. 50 am
" i,'ai'F al ''i0 o'''0iS' o0' ''Ne VT
~ ,nra is ,,, nam. 200 hon. vo,
WON'T mind nv writing to v,u fbouph
| | am still rather little. | am nine-or
At least nearly nlne-and have no broth
80 I.I " 49, D. ~ ''''' 'e@,i tooi
| ,,d NV mother ;c NO, ~, ,ld 60 ,b,,
she Dlays with M A good lot.
"With best love, | am, your loving
little friend, LAURA HOLT.
''P. S.--Il was quite my own idea to
write"
Like most writer, who have won
hold upon the hearts of the people,
Amyatt WAS accustomed to receiving
many letters from all sort, and condi-
tons Of men and women who we're
utter strangers to him, expressing all
manner of sentiments about his work.
Nor was this the first letter that he had
ha from a child. hnt il was the first
tn Il had touched him 90 deepIy as this
one did There was , o,a,ntness about
its phrases br,v. frantness ahont #.
sentiment = freshness in IFS tone which
to anv one else hoc,ns- am v.rv
very fond Of him " I.anra is NV name
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